Scientific experts from
around the world are genuinely predicting that five years from now, all
life on Earth could well finish. Some are saying it'll be humans that set
it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And
the religious folks are saying it'll be God himself who presses the stop
button...1. Mayan CalendarThe first mob to predict
2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that
were good at two things:Building highly accurate
astrological equipment out of stone and Sacrificing Virgins.

Thousands of years
ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020
days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the Earth will
end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark
with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the end of the world right
as well.

2. Sun StormsSolar experts from around
the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery: our sun is
in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in
nature, cyclic, and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative
stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth
with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying
satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse, and calculations suggest
it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012

3. The Atom SmasherScientists in Europe
have been building the world's largest particle accelerator. Basically
its a 27km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes
the Universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern,
with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn
it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results,
including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first
serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense
blob the size of a basketball.

4. The Bible says...If having scientists
warning us about the end of the world isn't bad enough,religious folks
are getting in on the act aswell. Interpretations of the Christian Bible
reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good an Evil,
has been set down for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book
of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

5. Super VolcanoYellowstone National
Park in the United States is famous for its thermal springs and Old Faithful
geyser. The reason for this is simple - it's sitting on top of the world's
biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats.
The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or
so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere
with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter
that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone
is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for
the big bang.

6. The PhysicistsThis one's case of bog-simple
maths mathematics. Physicists at Berekely Uni have been crunching the numbers.
and they've determined that the Earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic
event. Even worse, they're claiming their calculations prove, that we're
all going to die, very soon - while also saying their prediction comes
with a certainty of 99 percent- and 2012 just happens to be the best guess
as to when it occurs.

7. Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG!We all know the Earth
is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's
radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north
and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or
so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted
that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster
than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner.
While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will
eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough
UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.

The Maya Calendar was
the center of Maya life and their greatest cultural achievement. The Maya
Calendar's ancestral knowledge guided the Maya's existence from the moment
of their birth and there was little that escaped its influence. The Maya
Calendar made by the Maya World Studies Center in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
follows a centuries old tradition.

This Maya Calendar website
is developing with the intent of providing a complete view of Maya culture;
being that the Maya world was centered on the calendar, this name is more
than appropriate for the Maya World Studies Center website.Click on the photo above
or on the text link below to enter and enjoy, make sure you bookmark this
site. Remember to return soon for new information is constantly added.

The Maya are probably
the best-known of the classical civilizations of Mesoamerica. Mayan history
starts in the Yucatan around 2600 B.C., Mayan history rose to prominence
around A.D. 250 in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, western Honduras,
El Salvador, and northern Belize.

Building on the inherited
inventions and ideas of earlier civilizations such as the Olmec, the Maya
developed astronomy, calendrical systems and hieroglyphic writing. The
Maya were noted as well for elaborate and highly decorated ceremonial architecture,
including temple-pyramids, palaces and observatories, all built without
metal tools. Mayan history shows that they were also skilled farmers, clearing
large sections of tropical rain forest and, where groundwater was scarce,
building sizeable underground reservoirs for the storage of rainwater.
The Maya were equally skilled as weavers and potters, and cleared routes
through jungles and swamps to foster extensive trade networks with distant
peoples.

Many people believe that
the ancestors of the Maya crossed the Bering Strait at least 20,000 years
ago. They were nomadic hunter-gatherers. Evidence of settled habitation
in Mexico is found in the Archaic period 5000-1500 BC - corn cultivation,
basic pottery and stone tools.